We are two. Christiane is austrian. She is a painter, photographer and journalist.
I am Moroccan-French. I grew-up in Morocco and lived for some 35 years in France (33 in Paris) where I studied and worked as a psychologist and head of social institutions for children protection.
I am also a photographer and a journalist.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We travel a lot and appreciate especially to meet with people of the countries we visit. We also like to receive people and know new faces.

We can host up to two persons (3 for couples with a kid)

We offer also to guide you and give you any information to make you enjoy your stay in Vienna, one of the most beautiful cities of the world.

Interests

We live in Vienna and like travels, discovering new countries and cultures, contacts with people. We both walk and bike somewhat ... We have been 6 times on Compostella's ways and ,in2015, we made a trip to Paris ( from Vienna ) on bike and even further until Saint Nazaire on the french atlantic coast.
A second bike trip from Vienna to Morocco in 2016, Couchsurfing as much as this was possible.
This second big bike trip , as well as the first, made us meet with great people.
Our bike trip (2017) was planned to take us from Vienna to the Black Sea. Because of technical problems with my bike, we did not reach our final target. We will do it again, because it was a great experience. Wonderful landscapes and a big variety of cultures. Unfortunately, we did not find a lot of people to host us. Only two times, in one month! It is not a lot comparing to our other tours. We noticed that a lot of the people that are in Couchsurfing are young, without any experience as couchsurfers, be it as hosts or guests in spite of the fact that they are registered sometimes since years. A lot of them don’t even respond to the requests. I don’t know but the real spirit of Couchsurfing is slowly slowly fading and that it needs some common réflexion to keep it going on.

We read a lot and like, according to inspiration and mood of the moment, to cook.

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, Parker, M.Davis, Paolo Conte, Art Blakey, Chick Corea, Fats Waller, Billy Halliday, San Severino, etc classic music, plus the french poet singers: G. Brassens, Jacques Brel, Ferré, Nougaro. Movies All kind of films and film makers French (Bertrand Blier), russians (Einsenstein), germans (Fassbinder), americans (Capra, B Wilder, Pekinpah, Ford, Huston, Chaplin, B Keaton), indians (Stayajit Ray), Egypt (Salah Abu Seif...) Morocco (Bensaidi, Ayouch, Reggab) Italy (Scola, De Sica, Fellini , Risi etc... )
We read a lot. Difficult to give categories. Any visit to a bookshop is a travel through countries and litteratures. Recent readings: Edgar Hilsenrath, Gabriel Garcia Marques, John Irving, Sartre, Elif Shafak, Khalid Hosseini Wagdi Moawad, Ibrahim Sonallah, Alaa Al Aswani., Fouad Laroui, Georges Orwel, Frank Thallis, Tom Sharpe, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Murakami, Omar Khayyam and Rûmi etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking on Compostella's ways
Aviles Saint Jacques de Compostelle 2012
Vienna Walviertel 2012
Chemin du Puy to Rocamador 2013
Chemin de Saintes 2014
Bike trip (and Couchsurfing) from Vienna to Saint Nazaire, french Atlantic coast.2015
Bike trip from Vienna to Morocco, through Austria, Slovenia, Italy, France, Spain.2016
Bike trip from Vienna to Donji Milanovac (Serbia) 2017
Bike trip from Salzburg to Rome 2018
Bike trip from Vienna to Sigmaringen, via Styria and from Paris to Rouen, Le Mans and Nantes 2019
Bike tour in Waldviertel and Tchequia automn 2019
Bike tour in France summer 2021
Bike tour in Tchequia, summer 2021
Bike trip from Vienna to Morocco via Germany, Italy, France, Spain (Compostela) and Portugal. 2022.
Third bike trip from Vienna to Morocco via Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. 2023

Teach, Learn, Share

We have a lot to learn and less to teach.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Photo, litterature, travel passions, Moroccan, French and some Indian cuisine.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Canada, France, Morocco